Animal photos of the week: 18 October 2013

A platypus got wedged under the bonnet of a car and went on a 15-mile journey clinging on for dear life in what has been described by officials as a one-in-a-million event. The webbed mammal climbed inside the engine bay of a Toyota Hilux, which was driving through a flooded river when it became trapped inside. The female animal somehow clawed its way inside the motor, and was whisked away from its natural habitat in Canberra, Australia.Picture: HotSpot Media